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Mammillaria camptotricha - Bird's Nest Cactus

Epiphyllum ackermannii - Orchid Cactus

Saintpaulia 'Mickey Mouse' - African Violet (972 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.12 2007 on 11:42:37 Topic: Plants / Houseplants Match on Article's text

Light: Moderate to bright, indirect, indoor light. Watering: Keep soil moist to dry, and allow soil around roots to dry out before watering to encourage blooming. Water from the bottom with room temperature water by placing the plastic growers pot in water, and allowing the plant to absorb the water (not more than 30 minutes). Avoid getting water on the leaves as this can cause spotting damage. For best results, use violet plant food as directed. ...

Ensete glaucum - Snow Banana (588 readers)

Contributed by amazon 12.09 2007 on 10:43:11 Topic: Plants / Tropical and Subtropical Plants Match on Article's text

Possibly the hardiest Ensete species, this plant originates from high altitude China so is accustomed to cooler regions. The huge, glaucous leaves are architectural and decorative, great for the tropical borders or large containers. ...

Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower (838 readers)

Contributed by amazon 22.06 2007 on 10:32:04 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Bright carmine-rose flowers and petals held out flat make this a show-stopper! So much better than other Echinaceas! Brighter carmine-rose color, larger flowers and petals held out flatter for maximum show! This easy-care butterfly magnet blooms profusely from June through September. Growing 3 1/2 feet tall in full sun to light shade, it is drought-tolerant -- perfect for a natural landscape. Leave the dried seedheads on the plants and watch the birds feast! ...

All About Perennials (492 readers)

Contributed by amazon 24.09 2007 on 10:25:25 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Way to grow: Expert advice on choosing and growing great perennials | Finding a perennial that thrives in your garden is like giving yourself a gift that comes back year after year. Learn how with this revised, larger edition, packed with professional advice on how to choose and care for perennials for any location, from full shade to hot sun. Whether youre planting your first perennial bed or eyeing your lawn for expansion, youll find tips and information to help you grow beautiful, healthy pla ...

Achillea millefolium 'Red Velvet' - yarrow (188 readers)

Contributed by havlis 04.08 2008 on 11:43:00 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Yarrow is a maintenance-free perennial suitable for standard flower beds as well as dry locations. Fern-like leaves are fine and deep green, basal leaves are larger than stem leaves. Flowers come out in flat corymbs in early summer. They are vivid red with tiny yellow centres. It tolerates wide range of soils except for boggy and wet. ...

Hepatica transsilvanica 'Blue Jewel' - Blue Jewel Hepatica (872 readers)

Contributed by amazon 04.07 2007 on 10:12:12 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Hepatica transsilvanica Blue Jewel Origin: The species is native to Romania. Masses of starry deep-blue flowers provide rich decoration in early spring over evergreen, mats of leathery, deep-green, tri-lobed foliage. This selection has larger flowers than the species and a very good color. Can be grown in a wide range of conditions, but does especially well in alkaline soil, which should be moist but with good drainage. Sun or shade. Good under deciduous trees, in raised beds or in the rock gard ...

Ricinus communis 'Zanzibarensis' - Castor Bean (617 readers)

Contributed by amazon 11.08 2007 on 07:52:20 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Article's text

THE CASTOR BEAN is a shrub-like plant with large, long-stemmed leaves that are lobed like fingers. Its spiny, clustered seed pods contain white, bean-like seeds (Botanically speaking, it isnt a true bean, but a Spurge), which typically bear attractive markings in various colours. The plant is native to tropical Africa, but it is grown commercially in California and has become naturalized throughout the southern United States. In northern areas, it is often cultivated, in the warmer months, as an ...

Malus domestica 'Golden Delicious' - apple tree (779 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.03 2008 on 10:29:41 Topic: Plants / Fruit woods Match on Article's text

Golden Delicious is a favourite apple brand. It comes from the USA, 1890. The fruit is sweet, juicy and crisp, of golden yellow to greeny-yellow colour. Its size is dependent on soil fertility. The fruit can be very large. ...

Designing and Renovating Larger Gardens (512 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.07 2007 on 22:10:43 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Award-winning landscape designer Douglas Coltart offers practical instructions for designing and renovating spacious gardens, with an eye towards issues unique to those working with at least a third of an acre of land. This book will enable gardeners to make a range of positive changes, such as anchoring the garden into the surrounding landscape, making the most of arrival space, creating focal points, working with scale and proportion, and cultivating a sense of spatial unity. ...

Echinocactus grusonii - Golden Barrel Cactus (1584 readers)

Contributed by amazon 31.08 2007 on 10:10:11 Topic: Plants / Sukulents, Cactuses Match on Article's text

Originating in Mexico, this popular cactus reaches up to 6 ft (1.8 m) in height and spread. It has a single, globe-shaped, pale green body that stretches upwards in maturity, becoming barrel-shaped. This stem is heavily ribbed with numerous areoles sprouting radial, yellow spines. In summer, larger cacti produce a circle of vivid, yellow flowers from a crown at the top of the plant. Culture: Frost tender but resistant to very dry conditions, they grow best in well-drained soil and a position in ...

Iris ensata 'Asian Warrior' - Japanese Iris (1324 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.06 2007 on 09:38:30 Topic: Plants / Bulbs Match on Article's text

Japanese Iris (Iris ensata - formerly Iris kaempferi) blooms are captivating and graceful. Their superior size and colors are worth the efforts of cultivation. Their blooms are often saucer-size or larger, colors of white, shades of blue and purple, red-violet and are often veined or marbled with a contrasting color. ...

Aronia melanocarpa - black chokeberry (1096 readers)

Contributed by havlis 22.03 2008 on 16:51:14 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Article's text

Recently, less known fruit trees and shrubs are becoming more and more popular mainly thanks to their original taste as well as positive impact on our health. Black chokeberry is one of them. It is in the same rosaceae family as the service tree and its fruit is similar, too. The lustrous fruits are black, slightly larger than black currant, contain vitamin C and other important microelements such as ferrum and iodine. They can be eaten fresh, in fruit salads or sundaes, or processed as stewed f ...

Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' - black chokeberry (784 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 21:19:05 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Climbers and Wall Shrubs (544 readers)

Contributed by amazon 31.05 2007 on 10:54:55 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Instant Reference to More Than 250 Plants | Create a vertical garden, whether you have a tiny patio or a larger plot, with this highly practical, richly illustrated reference. If you long for climbing plants to mask unsightly buildings, to mark garden boundaries, or strictly for aesthetic reasons--roses tumbling over a fence, or clematis screening a gazebo--the authoritative, jargon-free tips and illuminating photographs target exactly what you need to know. ...

Panax ginseng - Asian ginseng (567 readers)

Contributed by amazon 15.10 2007 on 20:49:16 Topic: Plants / Other Match on Article's text

Korean Ginseng is part of the Araliaceae family and is also known as Panax, Asian, or Chinese ginseng. It is the original ginseng, and is the one revered most by the Chinese. It is very rare in the wild, and most sold today is cultivated commercially. Peeled roots are steamed before drying, and produce Red Ginseng. White Ginseng is produced by sun-drying the roots. Most Korean Ginseng is sold as Red Ginseng. ...

Pocket Gardens (462 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.05 2008 on 09:35:45 Topic: Other / Books Match on Article's text

Contemporary Japanese Miniature Designs | Called tsubo-niwa after a unit of measurement that is two person-sized tatami mats placed side by side, the pocket garden has been a part of the Japanese architectural canon for thousands of years. Undergoing a modernization in the last few decades in which a new generation of architects began experimenting with the concept in imaginative ways, the contemporary garden follows a distinct yet global aesthetic, whether as an urban solution to importing natu ...

Azalea 'Satan' - deciduous azalea (657 readers)

Contributed by havlis 27.05 2008 on 10:47:22 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Knapp Hill rhododendron | Deciduous azaleas are probably the most striking flowering shrubs. Their colours are vivid and bright, and often have the shades that not many rhododendrons can offer. They need full sun. ...

Actinidia arguta 'Issai' - mini-kiwi (2312 readers)

Contributed by havlis 05.03 2008 on 12:47:49 Topic: Plants / Climber Plants Match on Article's text

Issai is a self-fertile variety of the so-called mini-kiwi. This means that unlike the species it does not need a male and a female plant to produce fruit. Apart from tasty fruit it is a nice plant, too, with deep green leaves and scented flowers in June. ...

Pterocarya fraxinifolia - wing nut (431 readers)

Contributed by havlis 12.03 2008 on 13:09:02 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Article's text

From Caucasus and Northern Iran comes one of my absolutely top favourites – wing nut. Its large leaves, fruit and monumental statue predetermine this tree to become the most significant feature of any large garden or a park. ...

Sansevieria trifasciata - Snake Plant (3558 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.07 2007 on 10:26:03 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Sansevierias or as they are commonly called Snake Plants or Mother-in-laws Tongue have a rich history of folklore and new science. These plants have a rich history of cultivation. In China, it was kept as a treasured houseplant because the Eight Gods bestowed their eight virtues on those who grew them. These virtues include long life, prosperity, intelligence, beauty, art, poetry, health and strength. The plants were kept near the entrances inside the home so that the eight virtues could pass th ...